Jakarta Provincial Government saved Rp 1.3 billion after the delivery of a pair of giraffe, Dirgah and Ayuri 70, from Tarongan Zoo Sydney, Australia to Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta.

The Ragunan Zoo returns the budget to local treasury

The government involved PT Indosat to deliver the giraffe. Besides saving more budget, the cooperation also made the animal departure on time.

"The Ragunan Zoo returns the budget to local treasury," said Bayu Meghantara, Jakarta Head Governmental Adjudication Bureau, Wednesday (8/19).

According to him, if there was no cooperation with PT Indosat, the animal delivery would use auction and predicted to be done in next December.

"The animal's body will not fit in airplane if the delivery is done in December," he added.

Meghantara continued that the city administration lets PT Indosat to instal its product logo in the giraffe's cage for 2 years.

"The company has the same commitment with us in preserving the animals in Ragunan Zoo," he continued.

Those two giraffes are delivered to Ragunan Zoo based on Jakarta Provincial Government MoU with The Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales (ZPB) or Tarongan Zoo about Animal Breeding Loan Program on April 20 2015 ago.

"We deliver a pair of Sumatran Tiger to them," he disclosed.